A principle for living
Support social reforms that protect vulnerable people, including the poor, the enslaved, and those denied legal protection.
Olympe de Gouges
97 upvotes · 51 borrows · about 2 hours ago
Support social reforms that protect vulnerable people, including the poor, the enslaved, and those denied legal protection.
Pursue humanitarian reform through reason, conscience, and universal justice rather than prejudice or tradition.
33 upvotes · 28 borrowsBelieve that citizenship requires responsibility as well as rights, and that all citizens should be treated as accountable moral agents.
103 upvotes · 12 borrowsOppose tyranny, arbitrary power, and political violence, and insist that revolution must not betray its own principles of justice.
93 upvotes · 13 borrowsDemand that marriage and family life be based on mutual respect and equality rather than female dependence or submission.
32 upvotes · 41 borrowsJudge people by reason and merit, not by birth, rank, sex, or social convention.
35 upvotes · 6 borrowsDefend the freedom to express political and moral convictions, especially when those convictions challenge entrenched authority.
81 upvotes · 30 borrows